Football is the only sport I really played when I was younger. Google has made it easier for fans by putting this up whenever you search for “World Cup.” Good job!
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Google and The World Cup
Month: June 2010
When I saw the headline for the latest generation of the iPhone, I was brought back to a moment within a Nokia press conference. I had inquired about nomenclature (“how does Nokia name their phones?”). Notice that never in the history of Nokia has a phone been named with a number “4.” The scale goes up from 1100, 2100, 3650 … it skips 4 .. then moves on to 5530, 6310, etc. The same goes for several other tech brands such as Canon and Palm.
In Chinese numerology, the number “4” signifies death. Nokia is a Finnish company with a wide penetration in Asia. That’s a big market. Several brands have taken this into account when naming products because it does affect sales. Did Apple miss this out, or are they intentionally doing this because they, frankly, don’t give a damn?
You know what I love about the press release they sent? This paragraph:
Now there’s no need to take scissors to a standard SIM card to make it fit into the iPad SIM card slot. Globe’s spanking-new Micro-SIM is small enough to fit the iPad 3G and hook you up to Globe’s wireless 3G network so you can seamlessly cyber-surf anywhere in the Philippines.
True enough, Globe is no stranger to the fact that 3rd party iPad resellers teach buyers how to cut out a micro-sim card from a regular sized one. Remember the first dual SIM phones? It’s the same banana (split). 🙂
Note that this data plan does not come with an iPad.
How to Use your Micro-SIM for Globe Unlimited Data Plan
After inserting the micro-SIM into the SIM tray/slot, follow these easy steps:
1. Go to “Settingsâ€.
2. Press “Reset†then “Reset Network Settingsâ€
3. Go to “Cellular Dataâ€
4. Press “APNâ€
5. Change APN to
a. Postpaid: internet.globe.com.ph
b. Prepaid: http.globe.com.ph
6. Deactivate Wi-Fi to be able to browse using the SIM (click Wi-Fi menu, turn-off)
NOTE: Every time you remove your Micro-SIM and then re-insert it, you need to go through Steps 1-6 again.
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Show and Tell: My Diving Gear
A number of blog readers I meet in person have asked about my dive equipment. Here’s a quick rundown of my complete gear, acquired in the course of 14 months. Most of the critical gear was recommended by my instructor Jan Acosta, alongside my frequent “Sweet Divers” dive group. I left out the rash guards and swim trunks.
Click on for the full rundown.
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Thinking Beyond Blog Posts
UPDATE: Changed the link so you can all view the violator design as a post instead of an index page.
June 2010 celebrates the 7th year anniversary of UNO Magazine. I have pages in their tech section and also serve as online editor. Apart from our huge anniversary party happening this month and a really great issue, I wanted to experiment with the contents of the site. Web 2.0 pretty much “templated” everything on the Internet so I decided to break away from that to do some customized CSS.
If you’ve read the special ‘Mystery’ issue of WIRED Magazine guest edited by J.J. Abrams, he talked about the challenge of editors to creatively maximize a 9×12 space for a print cover. It’s the same with blogs and the like, where you’re limited by a more erratic display of pixels that translate to media. Since templates have become a status quo, breaking it creates value.
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For June, this is UNO. Nowhere else to go (the links all still work of course). As the days pass, we’ll have a series of these up. Enjoy!
I think it was in the ‘Mystery’ issue of WIRED where guest editor J.J. Abrams talked about the challenge of editors trying to fit content into a 9×12 piece of canvas. That’s the playing field right there: after you recognize that as a rule, you get to do anything you want — even break it. It’s the same with blogs and the like: you have a screen in front of you and you have the infinite resources of creativity to do what you want. CSS and blogs invented templates. And that’s a good thing. But at the same time, you’ve just invested in the double edged sword of commodity. If you really want to capture, maybe it is time to do something different.